Table 4.

Bivariate analyses of the reasons for experiencing health care delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic among those who reported experiencing any health care delays (N=921).

Independent variables		Dependent variables
		Delays in dental care					Delays in diagnostics							Delays in preventive care
		Yes	No	P value		Yes		No		P value		Yes			No		P value
Age (years), mean (SD)		39.3 (13.3)	39.3 (13.3)	.50		43.6 (13.3)		38.8 (13.1)		<.001		41.1 (13.3)			38.9 (13.0)		.03
Gender, %					.94						.36							.24
	Cisgender women	86.6	87			88.1		86.6				89.2			85.9
	Cisgender men	8.8	8.3			6		9				7.8			8.7
	Transgender or nonbinary individuals	4.6	4.7			6		4.4				3			5.4
Race, %					.99						.38							.02
	White	88.9	89.1			86.7		89.5				92.9			87.4
	People of color	11.1	10.9			13.3		10.5				7.1			12.6
Sexual identity, %					.22						.99							.07
	Heterosexual	61.1	56.9			58.3		58.5				63.2			56.5
	Sexual minority	38.9	43.1			41.7		41.5				36.8			43.5
Education, %					.89						.60							.09
	Less than a Bachelor’s degree	13.7	14.7			14.6		14.3				11.9			15.3
	Bachelor’s degree or some graduate school	35.9	34.9			31.8		36				32.3			36.5
	Graduate or doctorate degree	50.4	50.4			53.6		49.7				55.8			48.2
Distance miles to nearest hospital (miles), mean (SD)		2.3 (0.9)	2.4 (1.0)	.25		2.3 (1.0)		2.3 (1.0)		.87		2.3 (0.9)			2.3 (1.0)		.73
Worry about general health (scale of 0-100), mean (SD)		50.5 (27.2)	56.1 (26.4)	.002		60.2 (26.0)		52.8 (26.8)		.001		54.3 (25.2)			53.8 (27.5)		.81
Worry about COVID (scale of 0-100), mean (SD)		75.8 (20.6)	77.1 (20.3)	.38		79.0 (19.3)		76.1 (20.6)		.11		77.2 (19.2)			76.3 (20.9)		.54